Contrasting Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG) and Its Peers

Nouveau Monde Graphite (NYSE:NMG) is one of 103 publicly-traded companies in the “MINING – MISC” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Nouveau Monde Graphite to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Nouveau Monde Graphite and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nouveau Monde Graphite	N/A	-$53.48 million	-5.16
Nouveau Monde Graphite Competitors	$8.20 billion	$447.87 million	-0.39

Nouveau Monde Graphite’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Nouveau Monde Graphite. Nouveau Monde Graphite is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Nouveau Monde Graphite and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nouveau Monde Graphite	0	0	2	0	3.00
Nouveau Monde Graphite Competitors	614	1681	3309	139	2.52

Nouveau Monde Graphite currently has a consensus price target of $2.58, indicating a potential upside of 56.06%. As a group, “MINING – MISC” companies have a potential upside of 18.44%. Given Nouveau Monde Graphite’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Nouveau Monde Graphite is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

41.1% of Nouveau Monde Graphite shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are held by institutional investors. 22.7% of Nouveau Monde Graphite shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Nouveau Monde Graphite and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nouveau Monde Graphite	N/A	-40.65%	-30.19%
Nouveau Monde Graphite Competitors	-938.79%	-12.66%	-5.27%

Risk and Volatility

Nouveau Monde Graphite has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nouveau Monde Graphite’s competitors have a beta of 0.77, meaning that their average stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nouveau Monde Graphite competitors beat Nouveau Monde Graphite on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Nouveau Monde Graphite Company Profile

Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and evaluation of mineral properties in Quebec, Canada. It primarily explores for graphite. The company’s flagship property is the 100% owned Matawinie graphite property including 176 mining claims covering an area of 9,264 hectares located in Quebec. It also involved in the real estate and trading activities. The company was formerly known as Nouveau Monde Mining Enterprises Inc. and changed its name to Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. in February 2017. Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Saint-Michel-Des-Saints, Canada.